Woven-wire clamp.



S. B. MILLER.

-WOVEN WIRE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2I. 191s.

Patented May/'16,1916

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SAMUEL B. MILLER, OF `ALDERSON, WEST VIRGINIA.

WOVEN-WIRE CLAMP.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application iled February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,624.

T0 all-whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alderson, in the county of Monroe, State of Vest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Woven-WVire Clamp; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful wire clamp, more especially adapted for clamping woven fence wire or any other suitable wire mesh work, and is especially adapted for use in connection with any conventional form of wire, fences, when stretching fence wire, whether woven, or in single strands.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, eilicient and practical clamp, which may be easily manufactured at a comparatively small cost, and sold very reasonable.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved, simple, and effcient clamp, which maybe easily and quickly attached to woven fence wire, or to a plurality of strands of fence wire that are not woven. l

Another object of the invention isl to provide a device of this design, in which improved features of construction are involved. One of the features of construction is the provision of a clamping plate` for the wire and provided with a plurality of key hole shaped slots, to permit of the reception of the bolts in the restricted portions of said slots, without entirely removing the nut, that is, the bolts of the body of the clamp.

Another feature of construction is the provision of a sliding bar or member having a plurality of cam projections to coperate with the head of the bolt of the body of the clamp, for loosening and tightening the bolt, whereby the clamping plate may be easily removed or firmly clamped in position.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the clamp constructed in accordance with the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional viewy on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear viewof another form of clamp. Fig. 5- is a vertical view on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. G is a vertical view on line 6,-6 of Fig.' 5.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the clamp, and 2 the clamping plate, which is provided with the knobs or handles 3 whereby the clamping plate may be removed from adjacent the body. One face of the body is provided with elongated channel 4 U'shaped in cross section inclosed at both ends, and seated in this channel is an elongated channel bar 5, which is also U-shaped incross section, to correspond to and fit the channel 4. The bar 5 is secured in the channel 4 of the body by the screws 6. Extending through the channel bar and through the body is a plurality of bolts 7, the heads 8 of which are of such proportions or sizes as to fit'between the sides 9 of the channel bar, to prevent the bolts 7 from turning. The bar 5 also constitutes abutment wear plate, to prevent the heads of the bolts from wearing against the inner surface of the channel of the body. The body of the clamp is constructed of any suitable hard wood or other material, and between one face of which body and the clamp 2 the woven or other wire is clamped. The clamping plate 2 is provided with a-plurality of key hole shaped slots 10. The bolts 7 are provided with the usual nuts 11, and which nuts are not entirely removed from the bolts, when arranging the clamping plate in position. For instance, the nuts are only loosened, then the clamping plate 2 is arranged so that the nuts 11 will pass through the circular portions l2 of the key hole shaped slots, after which the clamping plate 2 is given a longitudinal movement, until the restricted portion of the key hole shaped slots receive the bolts 7, in which case, the clamping plate is held in such position, until the nuts 11 have been sufliciently tightened, so as to hold the wire clamped between the body and the clamping plate', as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In Figs. 4 and 5 the bolts 7 are provided with heads 13 and 23 at both ends, instead of the detachable nuts 11. Arranged in the channel of the channel plate 5 is a slide plate 14 provided with elongated slots 15 for the reception of the slianks of said bolts 7. The outer face of the slide plate 14 is provided with a plurality of raised portions 16 immediately adjoining the elongated slots 15. One of each raised portion bevels toward and into the outer face of the slide bar substantially midway the elongated slot 15. Pivoted at 17 in a recess 18 adjacent one of the closed ends of the channel of the body is a lever 19, which has a slot and pin connection 2O with one endof the slide bar. It is to be noted that after inserting the wire to be clamped, whether woven or not between the body and the clamping plate, the shanks of the bolts 7 being in engagement with the restricted parts 21 of the key hole shaped slots, the lever 19 is oscillated, to move the slide bar 14 in the direction of the arrow a, (which has already been accomplished as shown in Fig. 5) thereby causing the heads 22 of the bolts 7 to cam upon the bevels 23, until the heads 22 are in engagementV with the raised portions 16, thereby firmly tightening the clamping plate 2 against the wire. However, the heads 18 may be detachably threaded upon the bolts 7 in F ig. 5.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A wire clamp comprising a body clamping member having an elongated channel in one face, a channel bar in said channel of the body clamp, bolts arranged at spaced intervals and passing through the channel bar and the body clamp and having their heads fitting the channel of the channel bar to prevent the bolt from turning, a clamping plate between which and the body clamp the wire to be clamped is arranged, said clamping plate having a plurality of key hole shaped slots, through the circular por tions of which a nut end of a bolt passes, so

that by a longitudinal movement being subsequently imparted to the clamping plate, the shanks of said bolts will engage the restricted parts of the key hole shaped slots, whereby the clamping plate may be held in position by the tightening of said nuts.

2. A wire clamp comprising a body clamping member having an elongated channel in one face, a channel bar in said channel of the body clamp, bolts arranged at spaced intervals and passing through the channel bar and the body clamp and having their heads fitting the channel of the channel bar to prevent the bolt from turning, a clamping plate between which and the body clamp the wire to be clamped is arranged, said clamping plate having a plurality of key hole shaped slots, through the circular portions of which a nut end of a bolt passes, so that by a longitudinal movement being subsequently imparted to the clamping plate, the Shanks of said bolts will engage the restricted parts of the key hole shaped slots, whereby the clamping plate may be held in position by the tightening of said nuts, a slide in said channel bar having cam raised portions to cam under the heads of the bolts, and means for moving the slide to cause the raised portions to cam under said head to draw the bolts tight.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL B. MILLER.

Vitnesses:

J. F. RooKs'rooL, J. WESLEY HANGER.

Copies of this patent may be. obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

